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contrived
con·trived C0609900 (kən-trīvd′)adj. Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored: a novel with a contrived ending.
con·triv′ed·ly (-trī′vĭd-lē, -trīvd′lē) adv.contrived (kənˈtraɪvd) adjobviously planned, artificial, or lacking in spontaneity; forced; unnaturalcon•trived (kənˈtraɪvd)
adj. obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story. [1505–15] con•triv′ed•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | contrived - showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"planned - designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment" | | 2. | contrived - artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"stilted, artificial, hokeyaffected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression |
contrivedadjective forced, planned, laboured, strained, artificial, elaborate, unnatural, overdone, recherché It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
natural, relaxed, genuine, spontaneous, unaffected, unpretentious, unforced, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), unconstrained, unfeignedcontrivedadjectiveNot natural or spontaneous:effortful, forced, labored, strained.Translationscontrived
Synonyms for contrivedadj forcedSynonyms- forced
- planned
- laboured
- strained
- artificial
- elaborate
- unnatural
- overdone
- recherché
Antonyms- natural
- relaxed
- genuine
- spontaneous
- unaffected
- unpretentious
- unforced
- dinkum
- unconstrained
- unfeigned
Synonyms for contrivedadj not natural or spontaneousSynonyms- effortful
- forced
- labored
- strained
Synonyms for contrivedadj showing effects of planning or manipulationRelated Wordsadj artificially formalSynonymsRelated Words |